Project Profile

Champs Sports Bar

Location
Blacksburg, VA
Year Completed
2025
Square Footage
3,500 sq. ft. (renovated)
Scope
Bringing a new look to Champs Sports Bar in downtown Blacksburg.
The Story

Champs is a longtime Blacksburg sports bar on North Main Street. Taylor Hollow Construction renovated 3,500 square feet of the building. The work finished in August 2025, just before Virginia Tech students returned for the fall semester.

A Building With a Downtown Past

The building dates to around 1920. Town records list it as the Luster-Black Hardware building. Alexander Black helped found that hardware business. He was a great-great-nephew of William Black, who laid out Blacksburg’s original 16 squares in 1797.

That history comes with responsibility. The building is a contributing structure in the Blacksburg Historic District. As a result, changes to it go through the town’s Historic or Design Review Board.

Old Construction, New Answers

The building was not square or level. Earlier construction also needed correcting. That meant the plans could not stay fixed. Taylor Hollow and the architects at Westwood kept updating the designs as conditions came to light.

Champs also shares its property with several other downtown storefronts. The renovation affected more than one business. In fact, coordinating with those neighbors shaped how the work was scheduled.

Built Against the Calendar

Downtown Blacksburg runs on the Virginia Tech calendar. Champs had to be ready before students came back to town. The team delivered on time, and the bar opened the fall semester with a new look.

Project Highlights

Historic renovation of a c. 1920 building in the Blacksburg Historic District

3,500 sq. ft. of renovated restaurant and bar space

New metal and shingle roofs

New windows, brick, and fiber cement siding

Restored wood flooring

Designs updated throughout the build to correct out-of-square, out-of-level conditions

Completed in August 2025, before students returned to Virginia Tech

The Build

A new roof was one of the owner’s core goals. That matters because a sound roof protects everything else the renovation put in place. The building received new metal and shingle roofs.

Inside and Out

New windows replaced the old units. The exterior work combined brick with fiber cement siding. Inside, the crew restored the existing wood flooring rather than covering it. Keeping it holds onto part of the building’s history.

Champs is one of several older downtown buildings Taylor Hollow has brought back into daily use. See more of that work on our historic restoration projects page.

Want to see what else we build? Browse more completed projects on our Our Work page.

Location: 111 North Main Street, Blacksburg, VA
Completed: August 2025
Renovated Area: 3,500 sq. ft.
Building Use: Commercial restaurant and bar
Original Building: c. 1920, Luster-Black Hardware
Historic Status: Contributing structure, Blacksburg Historic District
Architect: Westwood
Builder: Taylor Hollow Construction
Key Materials: Brick, fiber cement siding, new windows, restored wood flooring, metal and shingle roofing

Photo Gallery
The Cafe at Champs rear facade before the renovation in downtown Blacksburg
Old storefront framing exposed on North Main Street at the start of the Champs renovation
Worn metal roof and patched brick wall on the Champs building before the new roof went on
Crew removing the old rear facade of Champs in downtown Blacksburg
New wall framing under the skylights inside the Champs renovation
Steel beam bracket set into the original brick wall to carry new framing
Crew framing and sheathing the new roof on the Champs building
Rear wall sheathed while the crew works on the new roof at Champs
Worker on scaffolding finishing the vaulted ceiling in the rear of Champs
New storefront windows going in on the North Main Street side of the building
Nearly finished rear facade of Champs with a Taylor Hollow Construction sign out front
New double doors, windows and brick base at the rear entrance of Champs
New staircase with wood treads and a metal railing inside Champs
Pool table and new staircase in the renovated Champs space
Upstairs pool room at Champs with restored wood floors and new windows
Renovated dart wall at Champs, a Blacksburg sports bar
New storefront windows looking out on North Main Street in downtown Blacksburg
Renovated North Main Street storefront of Champs, a Blacksburg sports bar, in the downtown historic district
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